First, I am unable to host. My apartment wifi forbids it and I’m too poor to afford my own wifi.

Is there a good alternative to google docs? Preferably on the cloud, if not then that’s fine. I know LibreOffice writer exists but to my knowledge it lacks Doc’s document tab thing, which I make extensive use of, and cloud services. I’m trying to get off Google as much as I can, but the cloud hosted aspect of Docs is very useful, both for sharing links to documents quickly and for opening up a document on any of my 3 devices without having to sync or update the documents manually.

  • mosspigletEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    I see someone already suggested Proton Docs, and I’ll second that recommendation. It’s not a perfect 1:1 replacement of Google Drive and the Google office suite, but it gets the job done and Proton is improving it regularly.

    If you’re skeptical about Proton because they’re just another corporation—a fair reason to be skeptical, IMO—then I also suggest checking out CryptPad. CryptPad is a FOSS solution to the cloud office suite. The main instance is based in France, but you can find and join instances from around the world. If you don’t want to join at cryptpad.fr, you might try Disroot’s instance, based in the Netherlands.

    • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
      11·
      1 day ago

      If you’re skeptical about Proton because they’re just another corporation—a fair reason to be skeptical, IMO

      Maybe you missed this?

      To achieve this goal, I, as Proton’s founder, joined together by Jason Stockman (Proton’s co-founder) and Dingchao Lu (Proton’s first employee), have jointly endowed the non-profit Proton Foundation through a donation of Proton shares. These transfers and commitments from the foundation founders make the Proton Foundation the primary shareholder of Proton and make irrevocable our wish that Proton remains in perpetuity an organization that places people ahead of profits.

      https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation

      https://proton.me/foundation

      • mosspigletEnglish
        1·
        18 hours ago

        Eh 🤷‍♂️

        Being a non-profit doesn’t exempt an organization from shitty behavior. (Just look at all the nonsense Mozilla is getting up to these days.) Proton has made some questionable moves when it comes to law enforcement requests, and I’ve seen some questionable shit posted by Proton accounts on social media.

        All that said, I am a paid subscriber of Proton services. I like what I get for the money I’m spending.

        I just think it’s best for everyone to go into these relationships with organizations with clear eyes, without brand loyalties or misconceptions about what the organization is and is not.

        I trust Proton to keep my personal data safe.

        I absolutely do not trust Proton as a channel for communications that any particular government would label as subversive or insurgent.

        That’s me. You and the OP will come to your own conclusions and set your own best practices for safe communication online.